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Key Takeaways
Santiment recorded 7,934 new XRP wallets on Nov. 1, the sixth-highest daily total of 2026.
The firm suggested the Binance hack may have encouraged self-custody, meaning some addresses could belong to existing holders.
A $30 XRP price would require a 2,300% rally from $1.25.
XRP recorded nearly 8,000 new wallets in a single day following the Binance hack, but the increase has raised questions about whether they are new investors buying or existing holders moving their coins.
Santiment's Nov. 2 update identified 7,934 new wallets the previous day, placing it among the strongest days for network growth this year.
However, the analytics firm suggested that concerns about exchange security may have helped drive the increase.
At the same time, some of XRP's biggest bulls are predicting a $30 XRP price — but this deserves a great deal of scrutiny.
"XRP network growth is accelerating fast," Santiment wrote, describing Nov. 1 as the sixth-highest daily total of 2026.
The firm noted that the increase occurred on a Sunday, a typically quieter day for network activity, while XRP traded near $1.25.
Santiment said the Binance incident "may have pushed more users toward self-custody and fresh wallets."
The security breach did not directly affect XRP holdings.
According to blockchain analytics company Bitquery, around $6.3 billion in crypto assets left Binance hot wallets across nine chains on Oct. 29.
Its investigation traced roughly 233.5 million XRP from five Binance accounts to an attacker-controlled account.
The increase in XRP wallets followed one of the crypto industry's biggest security failures.
As CCN reported, Binance suffered a breach totaling roughly $6.3 billion, leading it to temporarily suspend deposits.
The exchange's investigation pointed to a compromised engineer's laptop that may have allowed an attacker to submit unauthorized withdrawals.
Binance said it had found no evidence of leaked wallet private keys.
"Binance will cover all losses," the company pledged.
The exchange said it would use company funds and its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) to absorb the losses.
It also pledged to publish updated proof of reserves after completing its remediation work.
Blockchain investigators TRM Labs and Chainalysis linked the attack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group, which they previously connected to the $1.5 billion Bybit theft in February 2025.
A holder who withdrew XRP months earlier into a newly created personal wallet can contribute to network growth without making another purchase.
For example, moving 1,000 XRP from an exchange into a new address changes where those tokens are held — but the investor still owns 1,000 XRP.
One person can also control multiple addresses, making it impossible to translate a wallet count directly into an equivalent number of investors.
However, there is still a potentially positive interpretation.
Holders taking direct control of their assets may become more active users of the network. Some of those new wallets may also belong to first-time buyers.
"Strong network growth while XRP trades near $1.25 suggests usage is improving even while price remains under pressure," Santiment wrote.
The $30 prediction predates the latest wallet figures.
As CCN previously reported, crypto commentator @btcbox123 promoted that target without a firm deadline. I
Using the $1.25 price cited in Santiment's update, XRP would need to rise 24-fold to reach $30—a 2,300% gain.
|
XRP price |
Multiple of $1.25 |
Required gain |
|---|---|---|
|
$5 |
4× |
300% |
|
$10 |
8× |
700% |
|
$30 |
24× |
2,300% |
For scale, assuming a circulating supply of 63 billion tokens, a $30 price would imply a market capitalization of approximately $1.89 trillion.
That would exceed Bitcoin's current valuation of roughly $1.54 trillion by about 23% and be almost seven times Ethereum's $274 billion market cap.
One strong day of wallet creation offers no way to measure whether demand could sustain that price.
Santiment's own outlook also focused on nearer price levels.
The firm identified $1.30 as an initial test of improving momentum.
It said a recovery above that level, accompanied by daily wallet growth remaining above roughly 4,000, would strengthen the setup.
"If new-wallet growth stays above roughly 4K per day while XRP reclaims $1.30, the setup becomes more constructive," the firm said.
However, a move below $1.20, alongside wallet growth dropping below 3,000, would weaken its assessment.
